Ferdinand robert schleinixger



(No Model.)

l P. R. SGHLEININGER. GAMB APBARATUS.

n Patented Oct. 2.1894. l

uw n 4 SCHLEININGER, a citizen 'g i l'lreiirni) STA-TESI' OFFICE;

FERDINAND ROBERT soHLEININeER, OE NEW YORK, N. `Y.

GAM E APPARATUS'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent o. 526,946, dated October2, 1894.,

Application filed August 18, 1893. Serial No. 483,493. (No model.) l

To all whom itmay concern;

Be it known that I, FERDINAND ROBERT of the United States, and aresident of New York, in the county and State of New York, have inventeda certain new and useful Game Apparatus, of whlch the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to game apparatus and has for its object theprovision of a device simple in construction, inexpensive in manufactureand efficient lin practical use.

To attain the desired end my `invention consists in the construction andarrangement of parts rst fully set forth and then pointed out in theclaims.

In the drawings which form a part of this speclflcation Figure 1represents a plan view; and Figs. 2 and 3 are views in section on thelines w, and y, y Fig. l. Y

Like letters of reference denote like parts in all the views.

Referring again to the drawings, A represents a box, frame or equivalentreceptacle provided with an open chamber B, and a narrow way or grooveC,provided with the adjacently lying series of stations D, furnished withdesignating means, as different colors, or, as in the present instance,figures.

A number of balls E, preferably in number equal to the number ofstations, and also provided with designating means corresponding withthose of the stations D, are placed in the common chamber B, the grooveC, being of such Width as to admit therein the series of balls E, onlyone at a time. I also duplicate the above parts in my boX A, byproviding the same with a similar chamber B', groove C', stations D andballs E although in manufacture obviously one set of parts may bedispensed with if desired.

The open chambers B, B', are ordinarily concealed by an opaque coveringF, and my box may also be provided with a glazed .top F', and removablecover F2.

In operation the balls are assembled in the open chamber B, or thechambers B, and B', and the box A, is manipulated in order to cause theballs to enter the groove C, or the grooves C, and C', in such a manneras to sucin one groove to register with the adjacent stations, or withthe balls in the other groove lying contiguous to the same.

As it is evident that many slight changes in the construction andrelative arrangement of parts might be resorted to without departingfrom-the spirit and scope of my invention, I would have it understoodthat I do notre- Strict myself to the particular `construction andarrangement of parts shown and described but that I reserve the right tomake suchchanges, and that What I claim as new, by Letters Patent, .is-

l. In a game, the combination with a number of balls provided withdesignating means, of a box provided with a common chamber wide enoughto hold several balls abreast and large enough to loosely contain allthe balls, of a straight channel or groove in alignment with andcommunicating with the same, and being long enough to. contain all theballs and narrow enough to admit but one ball at a time, the said groovebeing also provided with designating means corresponding with the balls.

v2. In a game, the combination with a number of balls providedwithdesignating means, of a box provided with a common chamber wide enoughto hold several balls abreast and large enough to loosely contain allthe balls, the said chamber being provided with an opaque covering, of astraight channel or groove in alignment with and communicating with thesame, and being long enough to contain all the balls and narrow enoughto admit but one ball at a time, the said groove being also providedwith designating means corresponding with the balls.l

3. In a game apparatus the combination with a number of balls providedwith designating means, of a box provided with a com-l mon chamber wideenough to holdrseveral balls abreast and large enough to loosely conanddesire to secure tain all the balls, of a channel or groove in alignmentwith and communicating with the same and being long enough to containall the balls and narrow enough to admit but one ballatatime,thesaidehannelbeing also York, county and State of New York,this 2d provided withdesgnating means'correspondday of August, A. D.1893.

ing with the balls and the said box bein@ provided with a glazed top anda removablz FERDINAND ROBERT SCHIEINDGER' 5 cover. Witnesses:

In testimony of the foregoing specification I J. ODELL FOWLER, Jr., dohereby sign the same, in thelcity of New WALDORF H. PHILLIys.

